The server will be down for the weekend of 30 July 2016, for a server migration. Because my host is going to close down the US data center where the server is being hosted, I am required to migrate to one of their European data centers to keep the server running.

For several years now we have been proud to maintain a datacenter on theEast Coast of the United States for Cloud hosting and other hostingservices.

So it’s with a heavy heart that we must inform you of our decision toclose the US datacenter located in Baltimore (US-BA1) on December 1,2016.

The decision was not taken lightly, and we only do so in order to beable to concentrate our efforts and commit more resources to pursuingexciting new hosting infrastructure plans which could not be deployed atthe Baltimore location, notably due to compatibility issues.

On December 1, 2016 all Gandi Cloud services (servers, disks, snapshots,web accelerators, private networks, IP addresses, etc.) hosted in ourBaltimore datacenter will be permanently deleted. The credits that werenot consumed, however, will remain available in your account.

As such, we are also writing to tell you that we hope that you will takethis opportunity to migrate your servers to one of our European datacenters: LU-BI1, located in Bissen in Luxembourg or FR-SD2, located inParis, France.

We are acutely aware of the impact this decision might have on youroperations and we would like to make it as smooth as possible to migrateyour services.

To that end, we would like you to have the promo code below for 150,000hosting credits, which will allow you to recreate your servers for freein one of the European datacenters:

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Please note, however, that this promo code is valid through December31st, 2016.

Once you’ve gotten set up in one of European datacenters, we encourageyou to follow our detailed migration guide available here:

https: //wiki(dot)gandi.net/en/iaas/tutorials/datacenter-migration

As indicated in the migration guide, updating your DNS zone file is oneof the most important steps in the migration process.- If you use Gandi’s DNS for your domain(s), you can make these updatesdirectly from your resource management page.- If you use another provider, you can use the information provided onthe resource management page to make these changes in your DNSprovider’s interface

And of course if you need additional help, our hosting support agentsare ready to help. You can reach them

- by email using the contact form here:https:// www(dot)gandi(dot)net/support/contact/mail/- by chat: https:// www(dot)gandi.net/support/livechat- on IRC in the #gandi Freenode channel (irc.freenode.net)

Once again, we are sorry for any negative impact our decision to closethe Baltimore datacenter may have for you. We hope we can make thetransition as smooth as possible, which is why we wanted to give youplenty of time to do it.

And finally, of course, all of this is with a view towards devoting moreresources to an upcoming hosting infrastructure project we havecurrently in the works. So stay tuned.

The server will be down for the weekend of 30 July 2016, for a server migration. Because my host is going to close down the US data center where the server is being hosted, I am required to migrate to one of their European data centers to keep the server running.

For several years now we have been proud to maintain a datacenter on theEast Coast of the United States for Cloud hosting and other hostingservices.

So it’s with a heavy heart that we must inform you of our decision toclose the US datacenter located in Baltimore (US-BA1) on December 1,2016.

The decision was not taken lightly, and we only do so in order to beable to concentrate our efforts and commit more resources to pursuingexciting new hosting infrastructure plans which could not be deployed atthe Baltimore location, notably due to compatibility issues.

On December 1, 2016 all Gandi Cloud services (servers, disks, snapshots,web accelerators, private networks, IP addresses, etc.) hosted in ourBaltimore datacenter will be permanently deleted. The credits that werenot consumed, however, will remain available in your account.

As such, we are also writing to tell you that we hope that you will takethis opportunity to migrate your servers to one of our European datacenters: LU-BI1, located in Bissen in Luxembourg or FR-SD2, located inParis, France.

We are acutely aware of the impact this decision might have on youroperations and we would like to make it as smooth as possible to migrateyour services.

To that end, we would like you to have the promo code below for 150,000hosting credits, which will allow you to recreate your servers for freein one of the European datacenters:

[****]

Please note, however, that this promo code is valid through December31st, 2016.

Once you’ve gotten set up in one of European datacenters, we encourageyou to follow our detailed migration guide available here:

As indicated in the migration guide, updating your DNS zone file is oneof the most important steps in the migration process.- If you use Gandi’s DNS for your domain(s), you can make these updatesdirectly from your resource management page.- If you use another provider, you can use the information provided onthe resource management page to make these changes in your DNSprovider’s interface

And of course if you need additional help, our hosting support agentsare ready to help. You can reach them

Once again, we are sorry for any negative impact our decision to closethe Baltimore datacenter may have for you. We hope we can make thetransition as smooth as possible, which is why we wanted to give youplenty of time to do it.

And finally, of course, all of this is with a view towards devoting moreresources to an upcoming hosting infrastructure project we havecurrently in the works. So stay tuned.

Beyond all philosophies are the things that go best for you; what makes you feel content. It's important to always follow your heart, so unless you feel perfectly happy about it don't just follow something because it is popular, fits a style or is conventional. Sometimes you may reach a point you're not sure who you are, but as things settle I'm convinced things do work out in time.

Beyond all philosophies are the things that go best for you; what makes you feel content. It's important to always follow your heart, so unless you feel perfectly happy about it don't just follow something because it is popular, fits a style or is conventional. Sometimes you may reach a point you're not sure who you are, but as things settle I'm convinced things do work out in time.